Attorney vs. Judge Lisa Lupola CJS/211 July 13, 2015 Instructor Leesa McNeil Social Media “With the rampant expansion of social media and online technologies over the past decade, it is no surprise that Facebook, MySpace, Twitter, Instagram, YouTube and blogs have made their way into the courtroom, pervaded the jury box, and even pierced the veil of judges’ chambers”, Assoc. of Bar of St. of N.Y. Eth. Op. 2012-2, *4-7 (2012). Unfortunately, for a 52-year-old lawyer Joyce Nanine McCool
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Judge Danforth has another problem which plays along with the first problem of biased decisions. Mr. Danforth will do anything to keep his reputation and credibility even if it means he has to sacrifice hundreds of lives. Mr. Danforth wouldn’t even look at Mary Warren's deposition due to him knowing she was innocent and that would mean his credibility would go down along with his reputation. Mr.Danforth wouldn’t listen to Gilley's as a result of his wife was already accused by the court which also
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Assignment Christopher McCrae After my review of case, In re: Judge James M. Deleon – No. 2 JD 08, it is apparent to me that Judge Deleon did not just violate cannons one, two, and three of the Code of Conduct for United States Judges, he did so knowingly and willfully. As I will explain, based on my observations and/or understanding of the case, Judge Deleon abused his judicial power as an elected and court appointed official to impress and/or gain favor
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Dear,Judge Cornea On the day of October 23,2015 at 8:55,I interviewed the defendant to determine his mental state.As I interviewed the defendant I questioned him about the incident that took place at the home.The defendant acted very suspicious as I interviewed him.I asked the defendant did he know anything about the old man’s whereabouts.He didn’t seem to know,so here is what I have to say of what happened. The defendant said he was never kinder to the old man than during the whole
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Williams October 2 3, 2 0 1 4 Asian History 7 : 30 Judge Dee the Great Magistrate Judge Dee Gong An lived during the Tyang Dynasty (618-906 AD), China was going through a golden age of growth and prosperity. The society was able to focus on intellectual pursuits involving legal and social issues. Judge Dee was the Magistrate of Chang-Ping and came from a long line of high-ranking government officials. A Magistrate, was a civil officer or in this case a judge who is responsible for administering the Emperor's
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Chapter I INTRODUCTION Background of the Study Conflicts among inhabitants of a community is inevitable and the necessity of establishing a formal institution such as trial courts or courts of justice, to address conflict resolution is indispensible. The establishment of this formal institutions is based on the social contract theory wherein the government is duty bound to maintain order in a community and to protect and enforce the fundamental rights of its inhabitants in exchange for the
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COUNTY JUDGES Hamilton County Judges try thousands of cases per year. In an overwhelming majority of the cases disposed, the verdict stands as rendered. However, some cases are appealed, and of those appealed, some of the cases are reversed. Kristen DelGuzzi of the Cincinnati Enquirer conducted a study of cases handled by Hamilton County Judges over a three-year period ( Cincinnati Enquirer, January 11, 1998 ). Shown in Table 2.5 are the results for 182,908 cases handled (disposed) by 38 Judges in Common
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the Israelites between Judges 16-19 and Ruth 1-4 Even though God’s people are unfaithful to him, he would still be faithful to them. In the book of Judges there are twelve individuals who are considered saviors. They save their own tribes or a number of tribes from these invaders or tribes that were not intended to be in control of Canaan. However, the Israelites allowed them to control those sections of Canaan. Those that delivered the Israelites were called Judges, meaning they delivered
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The courts in the United States are part of an institution of different opinions when addressing criminal and civil matters. One important group that can be addressed is judges, who can be referred to as a referee of the courts. Judges many times will give the final say in a case and determine the fate of someone who has been convicted to be guilty. A major problem in the American court system is the use of emotion, and what degree of emotion should be employed, or if none at all. Unfortunately,
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that a judge plays in the criminal justice system. I will speak on how the judge interprets the laws, asses the evidence presented in the courtroom, and they have the control on how hearings and trials unfold in their courtrooms. But the most important thing judges do is that they make sure there is no bias decision in the pursuit to justice. I used different articles to go into more depth about some of the things I described a judge does in the criminal justice system. In order to become a judge you
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